Supporting device



March 12, 1929. HD E 1,705,053

SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed May 20, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l //V VI N T 0R C HARL E 5 KWUODQR/OG E A TTOFIME' Y March 12, 1929. c WQQDBRIDGE 1,705,053

SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed May 20, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 3 R I I If/y Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

UNITE STATES Parser FFICE.

CHARLES K. WOODBRIDGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO DICTAPHONE CORPO- RATION, F 'BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Application filed May 20, 1924. Serial No. 714,536.

This invention relates to supporting deof the frame 12. The ear 20 is porvided with vices, .such as tablets or shelves, and, in a more a reduced portion 22 which is substantially as specific aspect, to tablets or shelves adapted to wide as the aperture 21, while beyond the rebe attached to a side of dictating machines and duced portion it has a greater width than the the like for supporting writing pads and other perforation 21, so that the ear cannot be articl withdrawn through the aperture when the It is an bject f this invention to provide a plate 10 is substantially in horizontal posishelf of the nature described. $1011- Other objects and advantages of the inven- It will thus be seen that the shelf is con- 10 tion Will appear hereinafter. nected to the frame and is supported along its I the a c p yin drawi which illu inner edge by the hook 13 at the rear, and the tit one b di t f thi i tio ear 20 at the front. The outside portion of Fi 1 i a r tiv i w f a h lf the plate 10 is supported by a bracket 23 havprovided with means for attaching it to the g at I s inner end, an upwardly extending 15 frame of a dictating machine without the use arm 24, and by directly below the latter a claw of tools, the shelf being shown attached to a T e rm 24 is adapted to engage an aperdi t ting achi ture 21 near the top of the side 11, and the Fi 2 is a detail sectional View of a clamp- Claw 25 is adapted to engage an aperture 21 in ing dzavice for holding a writing pad or workthe POW he o In applying thebracket to 20 sh t on th h lf, the machine, the arm 24 is first inserted into Fig, 3 i a id l v ti f th di t ti the aperture 21 while the bracket is held vermachine and attached shelf shown in Fig. 1. al y. Then the bracket is swung down- Fig. 4 is a secti al vi w howin th a s wardly until the claw 25 extends into the perfor s curing th h lf t th nd f a hi foration 21- directly beneath the perforation 25 frame. 21*. This bracket is then allowed to drop Fig. 5 is a side view of a portion of the dich y until a notch 26 engages the bottom tating machine shown in Fig. 3, with the shelf W ll of the perforation 21", while the arm 24 removed. engages the side 11 at the portion directly As shown in the accompanying drawings, efi perf ration 21 30 the supporting device or shelf comprises a A Its Outer d, he racke is provided plat 10 whi h i h ld t th id 11 f th with a lug 27 adapted to extend into an opendictating machine frame 12 by means of a g 28 Provided in Q1 ea 29 extending dOWnhook 13, which is preferably formed integral r y rom the oiitr edge of the plate 10. with th l t 10, Th h k 13 h an This connection of the plate 10 and bracket 23 wai-dly xt di ti 14 a h i t l securely unites the twoparts and holds the portion 15, and a downwardly extending por- Plate 10 from being t up ard y at its tion 16 to hook over and engage the top-flange i as e as Supporting it in proper posi- 17 of the frame-end 11. In Fig. 1, the top tlohplate 18 of the dictating machine is broken T0 pp the Plate the bracket 40 away to h w h th h k 13 engages th 23 is provided with an arm 30, riveted theretop-flange 17, to at 31 and extending forwardly and down- In applying th plat 10 t th hi wardly from the main body portion of the th to l t 18 i swung w dl upon a bracket. At its end, the arm 30 is provided hinge 18 which connects it at its rear edge to with a g 32 bnt Parallel W Inain y 45 the frame 12; and to do s it i merely neeesportion of the bracket 23 and adapted to exsary to remove the thumbut 19, (o l one tend into an opening 33 provided in an ear 34, of which is shown) which secure th front extending downwardly from the outer edge of edge of the top-plate 18 to the frame 12. the plate 10. The lug 32 engages the ear 34 At its frontend the plate 10 i held t th in the same manner that the lug 27 engages the 50 side 11 of the dictating machine by an integral car 29.

ear 20 which is first passed through one of the The location of the ear 34 is substantially ventilating apertures 21 provided in the side opposite that of the ear 20, which secures the 11 while in a vertical position. Then the plate 10 to the machine at its inside portion.

plate 10 1S swung rearwardly to a position In applying the supporting device to the where the hook 13 engages the t p flange 17 machine, the bracket 23 is first attached, and

then the plate 10 is mounted on the machine, all as above described. Then, the ears 29 and 33 are sprung outwardly by hand until the lug 27 and lug 32 respectively are engaged in the openings 28 and 33. It will thus be seen, that the device may be attached to the dictating machine without the use ot tools and when it. is so attached, it is securely held in place.

The plate 10, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, is adapted to support a pad 35 in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 3, so that it may receive pencil notations made by the dictator while using the machine. It is, of course, obvious that the supporting device may be used for other purposes, such as a shelf to hold material other than a writing pad.

The supporting device as shown in the accompanying drawing is provided with a pair of upwardly extending lugs 36, adapted to engage the top of the pad to locate the pad properly on the tablet, and a clamp 37 to hold the pad thereon against accidental displacement. As may be best seen in Fig. 2, the clamp comprises a plate 38 having downwardly extending cars 39 carried by a pin 40 mounted in ears 41 of a rearward extension 42 of the plate 10. The clamping plate 38 is provided with a finger-piece 43 opposite a similar finger-piece 44 on the rear extension 42, and is held in operative position against the pad by means of a spring 15. This spring is U-shaped and has one of its legs provided with an enlarged end 46 engaging the fingerpiece 4 and is confined thereto by an upwardly extending flange 47 integral with the finger-piece 44. The other leg engages the finger-piece 43 of the clamping plate 38. The clamping plate 38 preferably has a depression 48 adapted to fit the thumb, and thus facilitate its operation.

At its forward end, thg'plate 10 is provided with a pair of curved'arms 49 forming a well, for the reception of a pencil 50. The well'has a cut-out at 51 to facilitate the removal of the pencil therefrom. The pencil is preferably carried by a holder 52 attached to a bead-chain 53, the other end of which has its ring 54 secured to theear 34 by passing through a perforation 55, provided in the ear for the purpose.

The supporting device, asshown in the drawings, is mounted at-the right end of the dictating machine directly in line with the sound recording and reproducing mechanism 56 and the recordsupporting mandrel 57, so that notations relating to the matter dictated, such as corrections, ends-of-lctters, etc., may be conveniently made. The supporting device may also be applied to the transcribing machine in the same manner as that shown in connection with the dictating machine.

While the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated is shown as being applied to the side of a dictating machine and by utilizing the perforated end of the dicta-ting machine to support-it, it should be understood that for machines of other kinds the bracket 23 could be adapted to engage existing parts of the machines, and the plate 10 would also be provided with means for engaging existing parts of the machine to which it is applied. Consequently, it should be distinctly understood that this invention is not limited to the form herein shown, and that variations and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having now described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which it is desired to obtain Letters Patent, is

In combination, a frame having a portion provided with perforations; a plate; means on the plate for engaging over said portion, and perforation-engaging means on the plate for mounting the platoon said frame; a bracket for the plate; perforation-engaging means on the bracket adapted to engage said portion; and means on the plate adapted to engage the bracket.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, this 19th day of May, 1924. 8

CHARLES K. WOODBRIDGE. 

